Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Section 1 The Mother 1
Chapter 1 Prevenge 3
Chapter 2 The Babadook 12
Chapter 3 Bates Motel 17
Section 2 The Final Girl 23
Chapter 4 A Nightmare on Elm Street 25
Chapter 5 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight 33
Chapter 6 Halloween 40
Section 3 Sex 45
Chapter 7 Sleepaway Camp 47
Chapter 8 Teeth 57
Chapter 9 Gerald's Game 64
Section 4 Revenge 69
Chapter 10 Us 71
Chapter 11 What Lies Beneath 77
Chapter 12 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 82
Section 5 The Innocent 87
Chapter 13 Let the Right One In 89
Chapter 14 Beetlejuice 95
Chapter 15 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 101
Section 6 The Gorgon 109
Chapter 16 Drag Me to Hell 111
Chapter 17 The Visit 116
Chapter 18 Friday the 13th 124
Section 7 The Healer 131
Chapter 19 Stranger Things 133
Chapter 20 Misery 139
Chapter 21 Nails 147
Section 8 Hysteria 153
Chapter 22 The Haunting of Hill House 155
Chapter 23 Hereditary 163
Chapter 24 The Others 168
Section 9 Women in a Man's World 179
Chapter 25 Ghostbusters 181
Chapter 26 The X-Files 188
Chapter 27 Ginger Snaps 192
Section 10 Kick-Ass Women 199
Chapter 28 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 201
Chapter 29 A Quiet Place 210
Chapter 30 Kick-Ass Women of the Past and the Future 215
Acknowledgments 224
About the Authors 225
Endnotes 226
Index 240
